Thank you, Mr. Chair. Four point seven million dollars, when you look it, it's a big, huge pot when you're looking at the projects and authorities that were discussed. I believe at that time, we, Sahtu, were probably in the authority of the Inuvik Regional Health Board and now we've got our own health board. Certainly, we look at Inuvik as a big region; lots of needs there. It's negotiated so I really hope that this funding gets into the communities that desperately need improvements. Certainly we can really improve on the inadequate flow of doctors and nurses. Let's at least get a doctor in our region, doctors in our region, two doctors working in our region. Get some nurses in Colville Lake, proper nurses there that stay in there, housing.
I think we certainly fall well within that category, as the Minister outlined, in terms of the type of funding that should go for primary health care. You know, that's really key to the communities that don't have nursing stations or health services. I'm just still flabbergasted as why we are paying a tenant in Yellowknife here, basically of health, medical service, $315,000 to improve what we don't even have in some of our communities and regions. I'm going to leave it, again, at that. Certainly people in Colville Lake are going to question this $4.7 million and that money hasn't even touched the communities that desperately need it. Again that talks to the type of health care system we have in the Northwest Territories. It's not me, because I live in certain places where we do have a nurse, and I come to Yellowknife and there are some good services here. It's appreciated, I guess, in Yellowknife, but I guess when it comes to communities that don't have it, we shake our head when we talk about our priorities and taking care of our people.
So I'm going to leave it at that, but I'm still spewing my frustrations, I guess, in how this money is handled. It's a four-year sweet deal and these people who have this Great Slave medical building for tenant improvements, they've got a sweet deal. They certainly have a sweet deal and government's paying for it. I'll leave it at that, Mr. Chair.